The Huron Expositor, 1956-02-10, Page 611
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"ninety-seven members ' answer-
ed the well Pall at the Februay
meeting of the Women's Mission.
ary ,Society of the ,Uniited Church
last Thursday afternoon. Mrs- L.
Eller and Mrs. Dike's group was
in charge of the devotional pro-
gram and study book, with Mrs.
Dilling presiding. Theme of the
devotional, "Our High Calling,"
was taken by Mrs. C. D. Daniel.
Sacred passages were read by
Mrs. C. Cook Mrs. W. R. Dougall
and Mrs. J. Walker. Prayer was
offered by Mrs. A. Rowcliffe.
Mrs. Eller presented the study,
"The Indian Work in Canada," in
a very capable manner. Litera-
ture notes, prepared by Mrs. N.
Cook, were read by Miss M. Ellis.
Plans were discussed for the an-
nual birthday party, to be held in
March, An invitation, was accept-
ed to attend the World's Day of
Prayer in Carmel Church this
month. The secretary, Mrs, Hugh
Love, read thank -you notes from
Mrs. G. Thompson and Miss.
Gladys Luker. A pleasing duet,
"The Old Rugged Cross," was sung
by Mrs. Hess and Mrs. Eller,
Mrs. G. Armstrong, president,.
presided for the business period
and closing exercises. A ocial
hour was held and refresh ''t eats
served.
HENSALL
Mr. and Mrs. Laird Mickle,
Charles, Bob and Ann spent it -4
weekend in Toronto, taking in the
Friday evening ice follies at Maple
Leaf Gardens, and visiting with
relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Davidson, of
Port Colborne, visited with friends
in the village over the weekend.
Mr. John Hazelwood was taken
to South Huron Hospital, Exeter,
last week in the interests of his
health.
Miss Clarissa Mitchell returned
home Saturday from South Huron
Hospital, Exeter, where she had
been a patient for the past few
weeks.
Wendy Moir, of Grand Bend,
spent the weekend with her aunt,
Mrs. Elsie Case.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ibbotson,
of Hanover, were Saturday visitors
with Mr. and Mrs. William Pep-
per.
The annual congregational meet-
ing of Carmel Church will be held
Monday evening, Feb. 13.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hedden and
Mrs. Pete Balfour and family, . of
Woodstock, visited Sunday with
Mrs. Catherine Hedden and Herb.
Mr. Lloyd Ball, of Stratford,. and
Miss Eleanor Dunlop, of Tavistock,
visited Sunday with Mi. and Mrs.
William Pepper.
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true In regards to subscriptions.
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(Meld Fre u„ wrtti pa ala .re-
cent issue oI The Farmer's Ito,
tate and Country Gentles ,an, de-
scribes. an inter. view she had 5 , ith
Miss. HelencKercher, day ter
of Mr, aptd Mrs. R: F, Meer -
cher, of McKillop.)
'It's a formidable enough title:
Director, ,pf Home Economies, Ser-
vice, Extension Branch, of the •On-
tario Department of Agriculture.
Fortunately, the lady who hasfall-
en heir to this imposing appella-,
tion looks as if she's going to bear
up under it pretty well.
We want you to meet Miss Hel-
en McKercher, a farmer's daugh-
ter from Dublin, Ontariq; holder
of a bachelor's degree in Foods
and Nutrition, and M.Sc. (Cornell)
in extension education; an ex -Navy
type who, in basic training days—
at 90c per day—performed such
functions as washing walls and
cleaning windows, and , later, as
one of the firt four dietitians in
the Canadian Navy, , took on the
job of "victualling" ten. thousand
men daily. -
With that sort of experience, the
new director should be pretty well
equal to any exigencies that might
arise in the course of her work.
Miss McKercher takes over the
position vacated last year by the
ormer Miss -Anna P. Lewis, who
eft the post (known then as Di-
rector of the Women's Institute
Bruch) after ten years' service,;
co marry Professor W. T. Ewen of
the Ontario Agricultural College,
Guelph.
No immediate replacement was
made in the director's post, and the
work was carried on by Miss Ethel
Chapman, always a pillar of
strength to Women's Institute
work. Miss Chapman is editor of
"Home and Country", and she took
over the work of the director on
the understanding that it would be
only temporary. Miss McKercher
was at that time with, the Depart-
ment of Fisheries in Ottawa, and
when her appointment was made
in September,, she was unable for
family reasons to take over until
the end of the year. Miss Chap-
man carried on in both posts—di-
rector and editor—from April to
December, and did a superb job on
both. Miss McKercher took over
her duties as director in January.
Helen McKercher's home is in
Dublin, Ontario, where the fourth
generation of the McKerchers is
now growing up on the family
farm managed by her brother. She
studied dietetics at Macdonald In-
stitute, but at the time there was
no degree course available there,
and she qualified as a dietitian by
an "internship" in the Ottawa Civ-
ic Hospital for Sick Children.
Her first job was with the On-
tario Department of Agriculture,
with which Helen's life seems to
be inescapably involved. Every so
often she gets away from the De-
partment, but it always contrives
to win her back again. She was
assigned to York County, where
she gave short courses and con-
ducted coaching classes to pre-
pare girls for judging competi-
tions, and generally fulfill'ed, the
function of the present-day Home
Economist. In 1936 the regular
homemaking club .programme was
established, and the' : first local
leaders training schools were con-
ducted.
Next move was to act as Home
Economist for Wellington, Duffer -
in, Middlesex and Perth, where she
stayed until 1943, when she left
to join the Royal Canadian Navy.
There were women in the Navy
at that time, but so far none had
presumed to meddle with what bad
always been a -strictly male pre-
serve—the galley, (Kitchen to you.)
The arrival of four dietitians of the •
fair sex was not gretted with ov-
erwhelming warmth. At first,
however, the interlopers were hap-
pily unaware of their chilly wel-
come; they were hugely enjoying
the experience of basic training
at H.M.C,S. Conestoga in Galt. All
four girls were accustomed to re-
sponsible jobs in which they plan-
ned activity, directed programmes,
and generally shouldered the bur-
den of making decisions, Basic
training brought halycon days in
which they had nothing to do but
what they were told. It was so
delightfully carefree that the gov-
ernment's 90c per, day pay -cheque
seemed charmingly generous.
The girls lived in the Preston
Springs Hotet. There was no class-
ification of dietitians at that time,
and they solemnly took a course
as supply assistants. Then, while
awaiting draft, they found them-
selves assigned to work parties on
which, clad in dungarees they
painted walls, patched., plaster,
cleaned plate -glass windows, Ac-
customed to working with effici-
ency and dispatch, they whirled
through their duties at an unheard
of speed; too fast for their fel-
low workers. This headlong rush
was not the Navy way, and they
were instructed, to cut it out:
"Take the slow easy pace of the
Navy," was the watchward.
This delicious suspension in Nev-
en-Never-Land came to an end
with posting to an officers' train-
ing school and shortly thereafter
probationary Sub -lieutenant Me-
Karcher was posted to H.M.C.S:'
Cornwallis in Nova Scotia.
Here our young Navy officer
found that the honeymoon was ov-
er, with a vengeance. Her job
was the "victualling" of 10,000
men who were scattered about in
six different places.
In 1943 the base at Cornwallis
was new, supplies were hard to
get, and it was difficult to find
adequate stocks of fresh' milk and
fresh vegetables; they sometimes
had to use reconstituted milk and
dehydrated vegetables, and Helen
became familiar with the favourite
Navy pastime of "nattering"--
complaining about the food.
It appears that nattering is;a
healthy sign: the time to worry is
when it stops. Nevertheless Helen
looks back nostalgically to the first
day when she served a roast chick-
en dinner with ice cream for des\
sert and experienced the thrill ,of
bearing instead of the incessant'
"nattering" an appreciative, "Good
Aix; er, itna'attu"
Fora long time- s'he fought lite
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aentrnent ,among the men, some of
whom had years.f Nov l eat
ence and whose fpride ‘Avas bine
by the presence of n young 'Womiai;r,
with superior rank, who blithely
admitted to •knowing nothing at all
about the Navy. She realized that"
she was accepted when an old sig-
nalman who had been in charge of
mess decks announced to her one
day that fram now on he was go-
ing to call her "ma'am."
"Maybe you've noticed that up
to now I haven't called you any-
thing," he explained.
After a year and a half, Helen
was posted from Cornwallis to St.
Hyacinthe, Quebec. It is interest-
ing to note that she was replaced
at Cornwallis by five dietitians.
She explains modestly that this
was due to expanded establish-
ments, and the admission by the
Navy that dietitians were on the
whole A Good Thing. In St.
Hyacinthe she had a comparative-
ly easy job—only 4,200 men, and
all. under one roof.
Another eighteen months service
and the war was over and Helen
back in civilian life. She started
back with her old friend, the On-
tario Department of Agriculture
as home economist in Welland, Lin-
coln and Haldimand.
After a year in this work, Miss
McKercher decided to use her D.
V.A. credits for further academic
qualifications. She enrolled at
Cornell and completed' her bach-
elor's degree in foods and nutri-
tion, then entered the graduate
school and studied for a master's
degree in extension education. She
then returned to the Ontario De-
partment of Agriculture and spent
two years as supervisor of home
economics education.
Her wide experience in provin-
cial work made her feel that it
would be interesting to see the pic-
ture from a national level, and the
next 'move was to the federal de-
partment of Fisheries, where she
worked with homeeconomists
across Canada in promoting fish
consumption.
"Our- motto was to get people
to want to eat more fish," she
says, "not just to get them to eat
more."
But it seems that the Ontario
Department of Agriculture is in
some way involved in McK's des-
tiny, and now she 'finds herself
back at home base.
The new Director has no imme-
diate plans for changes in the
function of her department. The
change of name, she explains, in-
dicates that .it was felt that the
time had come when ektension
work should be directed to people
as a family unit—men as well as
women. Hence the change from
"Women's Institute Branch" to
"Home Economics Service, Exten-
sion Branch." Men and women
are equally interested- in many of
their undertakings, Miss McKer-
cher feels>-- farm management,
money management, child train-
ing—even kitchen planning is of as
vital interest to men as to wo-
men.
The programme, the Department
of Agriculture hopes, will be bas-
ed on the • needs and interests of
the people; as those needs and in -
B
Walton W rn n " 4 ung of llte
s iAssociation met.
t►t} Thursday ?noon, _in
church basement Viith 33 ladies
•present. Mrs,.'�U McGaVinl; first"
vlee-presiodept, too$ .,charge .4f. the
meet i, g .. The mientmg 'opened• by
Singing Hymn 239 with Mrs,, Jack:
Bryans at the piano. *mope:
reading was Psalm 130, The topic,
"Songs in the Night," was taken
by Mrs. M•eGavin. •
The secretary's report was read.
by Mrs. B. Johnston, also thank -
you notes from Mrs. N. Schade
and Mrs. Doug Fraser. The treas-
urer's report was given by Mrs.
A. Coutts, showing $319.42 on hand.
A St. Patrick's social is to be-iheld
on March 9, with a good program
and lunch to follow. The meeting
closed with the W.A. theme song
and prayer. '
A SMILE OR TWO
City Girl: "What a funny look-
ing
'cow. Why doesn't it have
horns?"
Farmer: "Well, Miss, there are
several reasons. Some cows get
their horns pretty late. Others
get dehorned, and some breeds
just don't have horns. But the
reason this cow doesn't have horns
is because it's a horse!"
The clergyman felt annoyed to
find that an old gentleman fell
asleep during the sermon on two
consecutive Sundays- So after ser-
vice finally he asked the boy who
accompanied the sleeper into the
vestry: --
"My 'boy, who is that elderly
gentleman you attend church
with?"
"Grandpa"
"Well, if you will keep him
awaks during my sermon I'll! give
you five cents each week"
For the next two weeks the old
gentleman was attentive to the
sermon. The third week, however,
found him soundly asleep again. '
The vexed clergyman sent for
the boy. "Didn't you promise to
keep him away if I paid you five
cents a week?"
"Yes, but grandpa now gives me
a dime not to disturb him!"
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terests change, the programme
will adapt to the new circum-
stances.
Miss McKercher's idea of lei-
sure occupation is to "Find time
to enjoy a good book" Her job is
usually her whole life. She show-
ed me a letter of congratulation
from the former Miss Bess Mc-
Dermand, first woman to hold the
post of director to which Miss
Helen has now succeeded. Miss
McDermand, now married and
living in the U.S., warned the new
incumbent that the job was apt
to absorb all one's energies, so
that you worked at it, played at it,
ate with it and slept with it.
"You mustn't let yourself get.
too much involved in the work,"
Miss McDermand wrote. "Be
sure that—you keep a corner of
your life just for fun and leisure?'
"I'll try," says Miss McKercher_
-DRAMA FESTIVAL 1956
Sponsored by the Huron County Junior Farmers
. Drama, Comedy and .Musical Entertainment
TUESDAY, FEB. 14 — Seaforth District High School
Three One -Act Plays by Seaforth, Clinton and Exeter Clubs
THURSDAY, FEB. 16 — Blyth Community Hall
Three One -Act Plays by North Huron, Colwanosh & Howick Clubs
THURSDAY, FEB, 23 — Clinton District Collegiate Institute
TWO WINNING PLAYS from first twof nights' and
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EVERYBODY WELCOME — ADMISSION 50c
8:15 p.m. sharp each evening
Punched tickets from February 14th and 16th good for half
Admission to Clinton Programme
Will be
Closed Saturday Afternoons
fluting the Winter Mouths
commencing Saturday, Feb. 4 195
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STANLEY TOWNSHIP SCHOOL AREA
Financial Report For Year 1955
RECEIPTS
Balance on hand January. 1, 1955 ._ .$14,076.78
Legislative Grants 10,116$40 ,,
Tuition Fees 615.00
Grant en Teachers' Salaries 3,000.00
Section Levy 9,44124
Sale of Wood, 127.38
Other Sources 124.60
Total Receipts for Year
EXPENDITURES
Cost of Instruction w... $13,0555.00
Texts 458.71
Library ' 23285
Instructional Supplies 1,07123
Administration 865.48
School Operationa _.........._..___ 2,866.96
Plant Maintenance .... ... _.. __..._.... 209.06
Auxiliary Agencies 229114
Transportation 627.54
Capital Outlays ,,,-. 4,149.50
Tuition Fees 80.80
March of Dimes 5.00
Total Expenses
Balance as per Cash Book
Outstanding Cheques
Balance as per Bank Book
T. B. BAIRD,
Secretary -Treasurer.
$ 38,253.45
$ 23,852113
$14,401.33
932.00
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